Replacements for destroyed J&J shots to be delivered within two weeks
Aspen Pharmacare CEO confident the government will quickly regain lost ground
14 June 2021 - 20:13
UPDATED 15 June 2021 - 10:36
At least 2-million Johnson & Johnson (J&J) coronavirus vaccines will be delivered to SA within the next fortnight to replace those destroyed in the wake of the contamination scandal at a US plant providing ingredients, Aspen Pharmacare CEO Stephen Saad says.
The development will come as a relief to the government, as pressure is mounting to speed up vaccination of its most vulnerable citizens in the face of surging coronavirus infections...
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